Off with their heads: kangaroo court has overstepped the line

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The general view was that Strasbourg, if not actually populated by kangaroos, was the problemphotolibrary.com

Ann Treneman

Last updated at 12:01AM, February 11 2011

There is no doubt who, in the view of some Tory backbenchers, should be thrown
into jail and denied the right to vote. First, Strasbourg — yes, the whole
city — especially anyone on the European Court of Human Rights (to be known
heretofore, for we are all lawyers now, as “the kangaroo court”).

Philip Hollobone, who does a fine line in ranting, claimed some of these
judges had no legal training. Indeed, the court existed only because Britain
had fought against tyranny. We alone had taken a stand. The war had been won
by Britain.